Luminare Lights the Way, Young Riders Capture Grand Prizes at Saratoga Classic I
The final day of the 2026 Saratoga Classic I Horse Show on Sunday, June 14, was packed with hunter, jumper, and equitation competition. The highlights included grand championships for a variety of hunter divisions.
Luminare Lights the Way to Grand Championship
Luminare and Julie Hogan, riding for Linda Evans, took home the Grand Adult Hunter Championship. Riding in the 36-49 division, they posted two firsts, second, and third over fences and added first under saddle to tally the win. They were presented with the Gary Zook Memorial Perpetual Adult Amateur Hunter Award. Reserve champion in the division was Watermark, ridden and owned by Kiley Prime.
Hogan, who is a real estate and equine lawyer based in Hadley, MA, has ridden with her trainers, Kim Ferro and Linda Evans, for 35 years and counts them as family. When the opportunity came to ride Luminare, known as “Enzo” in the barn, she seized the chance. That decision has paid off with a circuit champion award this year at the Winter Equestrian Festival and now the grand championship in Saratoga.
“He has a beautiful jump and really fluid movement,” said Hogan of the 12-year-old American Performance Horse gelding by Disconto. “I feel like he’s kind of found his people, and he really likes his crew that he has at our barn. He always gives it all and puts in such a beautiful effort. He floats around out there. He’s lovely to look at and lovely to be around.”
Hogan and her trainers are regulars at Saratoga Horse Shows and enjoy the opportunity to have a “horse show vacation” by spending time at Saratoga Lake and in downtown Saratoga Springs. “It’s an added bonus,” she explained.
Powers Catch-Rides to Grand Championship
Accomplished pony rider Lacey Powers of Royal Palm Beach, FL, received Grand Pony Hunter Championship honors after riding Got Lucky for Jet Show Stable LLC to two firsts and two seconds under saddle along with first in the under saddle for the Small/Medium Green Pony Hunters. They were also presented with the Diana Hall Elliott Memorial Perpetual Award, donated by Cathleen Elliott Ellington. Reserve champion in the division was Prime Time Sports, ridden and owned by Luca Tai. For her excellent performances this week on eight different ponies, 14-year-old Powers was named Best Junior Rider on a Pony.
Powers met Got Lucky, a 16-year-old Welsh Pony gelding trained by Jennifer Jones, this week. After a warm-up ride, they were ready to compete. “He was really good about all the jumps and lead changes, and he was just really sweet about it,” she noted.
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Luminare Lights the Way, Young Riders Capture Grand Prizes at Saratoga Classic I
